charles watson live in atlanta with more. charles. good afternoon the news of the passing of nba legend bill russell is sending shock waves to the sports world and beyond. people try to wrap their heads around this tremendous loss. a message posted to russell s twitter earlier today said he passed away peacefully with his wife jeanine by his side. tributes for the boston celtics gray can nba hall of famer has ported from high-profile figures including former president and fellow basketball legend such as magic johnson who called his death a tremendous loss for the entire basketball world he continued on to say russell was my idol i looked up to him on the court and his success on the court was undeniable he was dominant within the championships off the court will also pave the way for guys like me. nba commissioner adam silver called him the ultimate winner and teammate whose impact on the mba will be felt forever and president obama said today we lost a giant, he goes on t
a woman s right to make decisions about our own body is under attack, y all. more than every now. more trigger laws restricting abortion taking effect, i m talking to activists on the ground about the real danger to women and the battles ahead. plus, a man that really understands that women s rights are on the line and ballot this moment. i m talking to congressman pat ryan about his upset when that could be a blueprint for democrats. i m simone sanders, and i have something to say. donald j trump versus the united states of america. no, y all, i m not discussing last six years. that is the case the former president brought on the judge aileen cannon on the southern district. just yesterday, cannon gave notice of her preliminary intent to grant trump s request for what s called a special master. a special master is a coin appointed third-party who had review the documents retreat from mar-a-lago this month. and weeding out any privileged information. it is important to note t
threatens the very foundations of our republic. maga republicans do not respect the constitution. maga republicans, extreme maga republicans and extreme ideology, maga republicans. maga are determined to take this country backwards. the maga republican blade for them to succeed everyone else has to fail. maga republicans see carnage and darkness and despair. speed to the white house since the address says it is not political and blasting the president over the tongue calling it dark and divisive. it wasn t just the words, some noted the red black blood drop. the republicans have been tearing into biden s speech. speak with a strange and wildly inappropriate setting that unusual weird red lighting is much worse than marines standing behind him engaging in political attacks on 74 million americans. speak with the assault on the soul of america. speak with the political speech, it was a divisive speech and that s presidential. very cynical to fill our heads with stupid. je
parade. president biden signing executive orders, but is it enough from the members of his own party? good evening. i m erin burnett. the january 6th committee says it learned from trump former white house counsel today. pat cipollone spending eight hours behind closed doors with the committee. as you can see weeding that marathon session tonight. we know his testimony was taped and we know the committee says it was important. mr. cipollone did appear voluntarily and answered a whole variety of questions. he did not contradict the testimony of other witnesses and i think we did learn a few things, which we will be rolling out in years to come. have you learned any significant new information from him? i think a few things, yes. the answer is yes and obviously nearly eight hours, that is a lot of time with a crucial witness. that is the january 6th committee. as for the justice department s investigation for that insurrection day, a stark warning from the director,
victory over saracens at twickenham. good morning, a precious story across the country today. cloud and across the country today. cloud and a few showers across england first thing, but there will be sunny spells around. i will tell you when and where, injust a moment. it s sunday 19th june. our main story: the transport secretary grant shapps has accused the country s biggest rail union of punishing millions of innocent people after it confirmed it will go ahead with series of crippling strikes. mr shapps said the travelling public faced a week of misery because the rail, maritime and transport union had refused repeated appeals to call off their action due to start on tuesday. our political correspondent nick eardley has more. for nick eardley has more. anyone who relies on trains next for anyone who relies on trains, the next few days are going to see significant disruption. the biggest real strikes in decades are happening and the government says it will cause misery for